Despite the freezing weather, people have been planting apple trees in Theale to make it a greener village.
Reading West MP Alok Sharma turned up on a snowy Friday to back the campaign in National Tree Week.
He was joined by Ricky Josey, head of Theale's Future Environmental Group and Theale parish councillors and representatives from businesses.
In Theale, the village has launched its own tree planting project aiming to plant 2,010 trees in 2010. The plan came from a questionnaire in which 72 per cent of respondents said they felt the environment was important.
The scheme gave residents the chance to take part by planting trees in designated sites around Theale as well as the opportunity to plant in their own gardens.
Schoolchildren also enjoyed the opportunity to have fun while learning some new skills by planting trees.
Businesses, including Scottish and Southern Energy, Copella Fruit Juices – part of PepsiCo – and Ethical IT, also took part, funding the purchase of the trees and getting their employees to help plant them.
Mr Sharma said: "I am very happy to support this scheme. It's great to see companies based in Theale doing their part and engaging with the community.
Mr Josey said: "We were delighted that Alok was able to join us to help raise awareness of 2,010 Trees in Theale 2010 project.


When Stirling Moss won the 1958 Argentinian Grand Prix driving an underpowered Cooper Climax T43 he became the first man to win a Formula One Championship race driving a rear engined car and also the first man to win such a race in a privately entered car for wealthy Walkers Whiskey heir Rob Walker. At the following championship race Maurice Trintignant won for the second time at Monaco driving Walkers Cooper Climax T45.
Walker, a former racer, had promised his wife he would no longer race when he married in 1940 and after the 39/45 war he became a well respected entrant of all manner of cars starting with a Formula 2 Connaught for Tony Rolt in 1953 going on to include; a Lotus 18, the Ferguson P99 and a couple of Lotus 49's, one of which became the last privately entered car to win a Formula One Championship race at Brand Hatch in 1968 with Jo Siffert at the wheel.
From 1971 to 1973 Rob joined forces with John Surtees, the following year he supporting a third Yardley sponsored McLaren for former Surtees Driver Mike Hailwood with his last financial involvement being in 1974 when he teamed up with Harry Stiller to enter a Hesketh for future, 1980, Formula One Champion Alan Jones, after which he continued as a time keeper for a number of teams.
1959 Stirling won two more championship races driving a Rob Cooper Climax T51 which was wrenched by chief mechanic Alf Francis with whom Stirling had worked through most of the 1950's starting when Alf was working for HWM.
Stirling did test the car, but found it not to his liking so Moss and Walker opted to lease a Lotus 18 with which they won four races over the next two years with Stirling finishing 3rd in the championship in '60 and '61.
Alf Francis had worked closely with Colotti when Moss bought a Maserati 250F in 1954 and went on to found Colotti Francis Systems. Alf Francis was later responsible for the Derrington Francis with engine tuner Vic Derrington. The ATS powered Derrington Francis made one appearance before Dan Gurney tested the car, after he had damaged it the Derrington Francis team folded.
Stirling Moss observed that his long serving mechanic Alf was like a good PA who thinks they can run the company and that when they set up they fail.
Although the Walker Climax never raced in period it has regularly appeared in historic events driven by owner Richard Parnell. Note Colotti's involvement sometimes sees the car referred to as the Walker Climax Tec Mec Tipo 10.
Thanks for joining me on this "Alf's Shot" edition of "Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres" I hope you will join me again tomorrow. Don't forget to come back now !
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Climax, Colotti, Francis, GALPOT, Goodwood Revival, Moss, Parnell, Ralph Colmar, Studio Tecnica Meccanica, Tec Mec, Tipo 10, Walker on July 10, 2013 by Ralph.


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Carriera
Fortune ha iniziato la sua carriera recitativa intorno ai trent'anni e ha esordito al cinema nel 2005 in un piccolo ruolo nel film Hill 16, diretto da Dermot Doyle. Da allora ha preso parte a numerosi produzioni cinematografiche irlandesi, perlopiù di genere horror, in ruoli minori, secondari o da comprimario. Ha collaborato più volte con il regista irlandese Eoin Macken.

Dal 2011 interpreta il personaggio ricorrente di Othell Yarwyck, primo costruttore dei Guardiani della notte, nella serie televisiva HBO Il Trono di Spade (Game of Thrones).

Filmografia

Cinema
 Hill 16, regia di Dermot Doyle (2005)
 Christian Blake, regia di Eoin Macken (2008)
 Savage, regia di Brendan Muldowney (2009)
 Shackled, regia di Dave McCabe (2010)
 Opus K, regia di Eamonn Gray (2011)
 Tree Keeper, regia di Patrick O'Shea (2011)
 Derelict, regia di Frank W. Kelly (2012)
 The Inside, regia di Eoin Macken (2012)
 Wrath of the Crows, regia di Ivan Zuccon (2013)
 Cold, regia di Eoin Macken (2013)
 How to Be Happy, regia di Michael Rob Costine, Mark Gaster e Brian O'Neill (2013)
 An Irish Exorcism, regia di Eric Courtney (2013)
 Jack and Ralph Plan a Murder, regia di Jeff Doyle (2014)
 A Nightingale Falling, regia di Garret Daly e Martina McGlynn (2014)
 A Day Like Today, regia di Gerard Walsh (2014)
 Spider's Trap, regia di Alan Walsh (2015)
 The Last Show, regia di Rita Marie Lawlor (2015)
 Model Hunger, regia di Debbie Rochon (2016)
 Il segreto (The Secret Scripture), regia di Jim Sheridan (2016)
 Soulsmith, regia di Kevin Henry (2017)
 Red Room, regia di Stephen Gaffney (2017)
 Il professore e il pazzo (The Professor and the Madman), regia di Farhad Safinia (2019)
 The Gates, regia di Stephen Hall (2023)

Televisione
 Marú – serie TV, 1 episodio (2009)
 1916 Seachtar na Cásca – serie TV, 1 episodio (2010)
 Il Trono di Spade (Game of Thrones) – serie TV, 14 episodi (2011-2016)
 Cuckoo – serie TV (2012)
 Life of Crime – miniserie TV, 1 episodio (2013)
 Vikings – serie TV, 1 episodio (2015)

Note

Collegamenti esterni

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Sending flowers or a gift hamper to express your sentiments is a beautiful way to make any day extra special. Each creatively designed flower arrangement or hamper from Pearsons Florist is arranged with love and care. Pearsons Florist specialises in Sydney wide deliveries. Order by 2pm Monday to Friday for same day delivery or by 7am on Saturday. Our flowers and hampers are selected by our team of specialist designers and hand made daily.


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Q: Mplayer music library like banshee or wmp Hi I have been looking around for a plug in to make mplayer act as a music library but to no avail.
Dose any one know of one ?
My aim is to find one media player that can do music and films (must support x264 banshee dose not) a bit like windows media player but on Ubuntu.

A: Banshee should support x264 if you have the plug-ins installed for it, which I believe are not installed by default. However, if you install the gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly or gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg packages, then any x264 videos should also play in Banshee.

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Aggression and violence among university students often involve alcohol consumption. A new study has found that both drinking levels and drinking contexts are important. Aggression is more likely when students drink at a fraternity, sorority or campus residence, and when a partner is present. Attending parties also increases the risk of aggression, especially for women. A significant proportion of university students experience violence, under circumstances that often involve alcohol.
"A number of studies have shown that university students experience a wide range of harms related to alcohol consumption, including aggression," said Samantha Wells, a scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and corresponding author for the study.
Aggression among university students likely reflects aggression in society, said Tim Stockwell, professor and director of the Centre for Addictions Research of B.C. at the University of Victoria. "I would not expect students to have lower or higher levels," he said. "Aggression and violence are features of group drinking situations, in general, especially where these involve groups of young men who are strangers to each other and are in competition in various ways."
To better understand what may increase risk of aggression among students, Wells and her colleagues used data collected through the 2004 Canadian Campus Survey, a national survey of 6,282 students at 40 universities. Responses from 4,387 (64.3% female, 35.7% percent male) respondents were analyzed, focusing on the students three most recent drinking events.
"We found that that the more drinks students consumed, the greater their likelihood of experiencing aggression," said Wells. "We also found that aggression was more likely when students drank at a fraternity, sorority or residence, when their partner was present, and when they drank at three or more places on the same occasion. Drinking at a party also increased the likelihood of aggression, especially women. Conversely, aggression was less likely when students had a meal."
Given that the researchers controlled the alcohol intake as well as living arrangements, Wells said there is something about fraternities, sororities and campus residences that is particularly risky for students. "We need to understand what it is about these settings that make them particularly risky for aggression," she said. "Is it, for example, that large parties, such as keg parties, are held in these settings? Is it that drinking in these settings involves heightened concerns with masculinity?"
Wells added that the finding of greater aggression among women than men at parties was consistent with previous research showing that women tend to report aggression with people they know and at home, whereas men are more likely to report aggression with strangers in public places. "Prevention programs that focus on preparing women for the risks associated with drinking at parties might help to reduce their likelihood of experiencing aggression," she said. "However, more research would be useful to determine, for example, who women are fighting with and whether they are victims, mutual participants, or perpetrators." Both Wells and Stockwell suggested that findings from this study can be used for policy and prevention purposes.
"The risk of alcohol-related violence is usually associated with a combination of intoxication and certain predictable social situations," said Stockwell, "mostly involving a degree of conflict or frustration. When people are intoxicated, they are less able or inclined to resolve these situations peaceably. Measures to reduce the risk of aggression and violence need to address not only reducing conflict and stress in drinking situations but also moderating the amount people actually drink. Both the amount people drink and the drinking context – for example, the size of the drinking group, type of drinking setting, whether or not a partner is present – increased risk of alcohol-related aggression and violence." Wells agreed. "The present research clearly identifies an important role of alcohol in aggression," she said, "therefore prevention programs need to focus on reducing excessive drinking among college students. We found that drinking with a partner actually increased the likelihood of aggression. This may reflect that aggression occurs between partners or that incidents of aggression arise due to jealousy concerns, similar to research on aggression in bars. Therefore, programs that focus on preventing partner violence and other relationship-related conflicts may be highly effective. In addition, programs that promote the consumption of food, and encourage people to stay in one place rather than going from one drinking place to another, may likewise reduce the occurrence of alcohol-related aggression."
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This year the World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD; March 15) is going to observed with the theme "healthy diets" since bad food habits have become one of ten biggest causes of death worldwide. The main diseases caused by unhealthy diets are obesity, high blood pressure, high blood glucose and high cholesterol which are taking toll of human life.
Consumers International (CI) has given a call to wake up to the harm being caused by unhealthy diets, mainly in the form of processed and fast foods this WCRD. According to CI, all consumers have a right to healthy food leading to a more equitable and sustainable food system.
The World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) is e observed on 15 March to promote basic rights of consumers around the globe. It was in 1983 that the consumer organizations of a large number of countries began observing the WCRD on March 15 by associating themselves with CI as a global voice for consumers.
It is said that CI currently has over 220 member organizations in 115 countries around the world to empower and protect consumers as a watchdog organization everywhere around the world. It also protests against the market abuses and social injustices which undermine or violate the consumer rights.


In a recent shareholder meeting, Nintendo's Senior Executive Officer Susumu Tanaka stated that the company is "looking to release around 20 to 30 indie games on Nintendo Switch per week." Pode, out now exclusively on Nintendo's portable console, is the kind of title that stands to suffer most from that kind of fast-paced, oversaturating business model.
At a glance, the smooth, 3D aesthetic looks like it could belong to any of the games that might arrive on the eShop in a week. However, this puzzler iterates on its visual style in the same way that it iterates on its clever design.
Pode stars two protagonists — a shooting star who crashlands on earth, and a rock who teams up with the star to get them through a cave and back into the sky. As these cute but fairly generic characters enter cute but fairly generic puzzle chambers, the player (or players in co-op) will use their powers to interact with and change the environment.
Pressing ZR causes the star to shine bright, which then coaxes the green buds scattered throughout each room to flower and grow. As the rock, the same button will cause a magnetic shield to pop up, drawing plates and promontories out of the ground. These skills are the player's bread and butter for puzzle-solving, but just as often, the results are purely aesthetic. Pixel hunters who pace the surface area of a room will be rewarded, if not with a solution, then with the environment beautifying before their eyes.
Like one of the vibrant flowers unfolding from Pode's stony ceilings, the games complexity reveals itself slowly, unveiling new abilities for the Star and the Rock as their trek back to the sky progresses. At just the right moment, the devs introduce the ability for the Star to teleport, which is a move that adds fascinating new wrinkles to each level. At another point, having grown accustomed to using both characters to solve puzzles, the game splits them up into separate chambers. Clocking in between 8-10 hours, Pode never outstays its welcome, hiding similar tricks up its sleeve until the final moments.
While Pode's difficulty follows a gentle curve for the majority of its runtime, one particular puzzle had me genuinely stumped. I stopped playing, completed Wolfenstein II in its entirety and then came back to it. I still had no idea how to solve it, but at that point a Let's Play of that portion hit YouTube. This stumper was an anomaly, but it halted my time with the game dead in its tracks for weeks. It's also worth noting that the pulled-back perspective isn't ideal for 3D platforming and I failed jumps as often as I succeeded. Whenever Star or Rock misses a jump, however, they immediately bounce back up to a nearby ledge, so this was only a mild annoyance that never actually frustrated.
Disclosures: Pode is developed and published by Henchman and Goon, and is available on Switch. This copy of the game was obtained via publisher. Approximately 10 hours were devoted to the game in single player and it was completed. Two hours were given to multiplayer. The entire game can be played cooperatively.
Parents: Pode got an E rating from the ESRB with no criteria listed. I can confirm this — there's nothing for parents to worry about here.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Gamers: There is no dialogue in the game, but all text in the game is available in 18 languages.
Controls: Controls are not remappable.


Shopping center development plans in Europe have done an about face, according to real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield's latest European Shopping Centre Development report. The recession and the scarcity of financing have forced projects to be placed on the back burner or scrapped altogether, which, come 2010, will have caused the first decline in new shopping center space in five years. Approximately 10 million square meters of new space–most of which was planned two or so years ago when demand was high and financing free flowing–is presently on target to come online this year, denoting a 1 million-square-meter increase over the 9 million square meters that delivered in 2008. But it's all downhill after this year. Cushman anticipates that shopping centers accounting for a total of just 7 million square meters will debut in 2010, marking, at that point, the end of a five-year run of consecutive development growth. Looking back, 2008 was a banner year for Russia, having topped the list with the opening of 1.65 million square meters of space. Turkey was second in line, with the U.K., Spain and Romania rounding out the top five. But they'll all feel the burn in the upcoming years, some more than others. The report concludes that Russia, for example, will be hard hit, but Turkey is not expected to experience as strong an impact. Cushman forecasts more projects will be shelved in Turkey in the upcoming months, but presently the country is on track to complete 2 million square meters of new shopping center space by the close of 2010, more than is expected in any other European country. And while its economy is in a downward spiral, the fact that Turkey has only a modest stable of modern shopping properties to accommodate its sizeable population of 75 million continues to draw retailers to the region. Although the ongoing inaccessibility of financing and retailers' recession-induced retreat from expansion are strangling European shopping center development, a certain amount of confidence remains. "It is a real pity that some very promising schemes are being put on hold for these reasons," Boris van Haare Heijmeijer, European retail partner with Cushman, noted in a prepared statement," but we can be sure that the best of these will ultimately be developed once economic conditions are more favourable." In the meantime, the development pipeline decline is not being viewed as a negative for all of Europe. In certain emerging countries where shopping center growth ballooned within a short time frame, the drop in construction plans will allow for analysis of the current state of supply and demand.


Colour Boards - where are they?
I was watching a tutorial video on how to create title bars using colour boards. I decided to give this a go. However, when I went to select one in the Color Boards section of PowerDirector, there were none.
So, how to get some?
There were a few backgrounds in the Backgrounds section immediately underneath, but not many, or particularly useful. Where does one go for more of these?
I can't find either of these in DirectorZone.
In edit mode you'll see a drop down box which by deafault will show "Media Content", "Color Boards" is the second item down in the list.
Quote In edit mode you'll see a drop down box which by deafault will show "Media Content", "Color Boards" is the second item down in the list.
I know that. I selected "Color Boards", and there was nothing there! So where do I go to get some?
In that case, I don't know what your problem is. This is what I see when I select that item.
p.s. - What happens when you add one of your own "Create a new color board" and then "From color selector" ?
The color boards are installed along with PD. Run the installer again and it should update your installation. You won't lose any customized or downloaded content, but you'll want to download and install the latest patch afterrwards.
Let us know if that solves the issue. It would also be interesting to see what happens if you try Longedge's test.
I've seen this before but it was long ago and I cannot find the post/thread. My website http://bgillcyberstudio.com/index.html LINKS TO PDTOOTS & hundreds of other valuable resources!
CraigRodmell, been a issue for some in the past for several PD versions, if you had them at one time, often the "Restore to Defaults" in the left mouse click library menu area of the colorboard media library will restore them.


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Q: How to create TABs on serenity MVC Framework I am trying to display the contents of my page in tabs and when I click on the record to display the tabs, I get the error showing in the image below

(SCRIPT5022: SCRIPT5022: SlickGrid requires a valid container, [object Object] does not exist in the DOM.                                            slick.grid.js (277,17)

I believe there is a missing relationship information or data between the dialog.ts and the grid.ts files.

This is my grid.ts file code
(SCRIPT5022: SCRIPT5022: SlickGrid requires a valid container, [object Object] does not exist in the DOM.                                            slick.grid.js (277,17)

and this is my dialog.ts file code
namespace BCPpro_AspNetCore.CashCall
{
@Serenity.Decorators.registerClass()
@Serenity.Decorators.responsive()
@Serenity.Decorators.panel()
export class CashCallCalendarsDialog extends Serenity.EntityDialog<CashCallCalendarsRow, any> {
    protected getFormKey() { return CashCallCalendarsForm.formKey; }
    protected getIdProperty() { return CashCallCalendarsRow.idProperty; }
    protected getDialogType() { return CashCallCircularsDialog; }
    protected getLocalTextPrefix() { return CashCallCalendarsRow.localTextPrefix; }
    protected getNameProperty() { return CashCallCalendarsRow.nameProperty; }
    protected getService() { return CashCallCalendarsService.baseUrl; }

    protected form = new CashCallCalendarsForm(this.idPrefix);
    private loadedState: string;

    // Add the tabs
    // CALL CIRCULAR SCHEDULE CALENDAR
    private cashCallCalendarsGrid: CashCallCalendarsGrid;

    constructor()
    {
        super();
        DialogUtils.pendingChangesConfirmation(this.element, () => this.getSaveState() !== this.loadedState);

        // Set the Tab Grid and height of the Grids
        // CALL CIRCULAR SCHEDULE CALENDAR
        this.cashCallCalendarsGrid = new CashCallCalendarsGrid(this.byId('CashCallCalendarsGrid'));
    }

    getSaveState()
    {
        try
        {
            return $.toJSON(this.getSaveEntity());
        }
        catch (e)
        {
            return null;
        }
    }

    loadResponse(data)
    {
        super.loadResponse(data);
        this.loadedState = this.getSaveState();
    }

    // Load the Tabs and set the tab status (active/disabled)
    loadEntity(entity: CashCallCalendarsRow)
    {
        super.loadEntity(entity);

        // Set each of tabs status depending on the forms status
        //############################################################
        // CALL CIRCULAR SCHEDULE CALENDAR
        Serenity.TabsExtensions.setDisabled(this.tabs, 'CashCallCalendars', this.isNewOrDeleted());
        this.cashCallCalendarsGrid.YearId = entity.YearId;
    }

    protected initEntityDialog(itemType, dialog) {
        super.initEntityDialog(itemType, dialog);
        Serenity.SubDialogHelper.cascade(dialog, this.element.closest('.ui-dialog'));
    }

    getToolbarButtons()
    {
        var buttons = super.getToolbarButtons();

        return buttons;
    }

  }
}

I wish to know what could be the missing data causing the error.


Custom Christmas Rock Star Buckle!
I've shown this process on my blog before , but the feed back I get from people is always so great, so here I go again. This is how I carve a block of wax into a custom made belt buckle. This particular buckle was given as a Christmas gift to one of the members of a great local band here in Vancouver, BC, The Washboard Union. I started by cutting a slab of wax from a large wax block using a special wax blade on my jewellers saw. Using a cheap file and rasp that I bought years ago at Canadian Tire I then flatten and smooth the slab until I deem it ready for the template. I've re-sized the bands logo on my computer and printed it out to be the exact dimension that I need for the buckle. This to me is by far the hardest step as I'm much better at carving wax or hitting metal with a hammer than I ever will be at using a computer. The very fact that I'm uploading blog posts sometimes boggles my mind! Once I've taped the printed template in place I begin the painstaking process of transferring the image onto the wax, this is done by pok ing little holes through the image and into the wax using a sharpen ed scribe. I often have to do this step in a couple sittings due to hand cramping. Once completed, I remove the paper template and begin connecting the dots. The next step involves pulling out a bunch of old dental tools, each one specially modified so that it can reach here, or scrape away wax there, where another one just might not do the job. Again, a few sittings were required to completely remove all the wax from the unwanted negative spaces. If an error occurs I also have an electronic wax pen that can re-add wax where it is needed, allowing me another chance to get it right. I then begin on the finishing details, laying out the back, adding litt le wax skulls for findings. Modifying them to make a hook to hold the belt. Adding a custom inscription, shaping the edges and adding a border, etc.. etc.. When I'm completely satisfied with my wax it then gets encased in investment material which is sort of like a high tech concrete. It's then put in a kiln, so that all the wax melts away, leaving a perfect void inside the investment in the exact shape of my carving. Using science and the wonders of centrifugal force, molten metal, in this case jewellers bronze is injected into the void. Once cooled, the investment can be broken away revealing our bronze buckle. There is still a great deal of sawing, filing, sanding and polishing that needs to take place before it resembles the buckle shown here in the picture, but this in essence is the process of creating a Custom Christmas Rock Star Buckle!


If there ever will be a Year of the Gator, this may be it.
By advancing its baseball team to an NCAA regional this week, the University of Florida athletic department became the first in one academic year to have its men's basketball and women's volleyball teams in the Final Four, its football team in the top five of the final Associated Press poll, its women's basketball team invited to the NCAA Tournament and its baseball team in the NCAA tourney.
"This has obviously been a year of tremendous achievement, but it is really special when you are part of something that has never been done before," UF Athletic Director Jeremy Foley said.


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Charlie Albinson Player Profile
Charlie Albinson (b. 1996)
Full Name: Charlie Albinson
Born: October 15th, 1996 (Bolton)
Signed: July 8th, 2021
First Manager: David Hopkin
Career Totals: 22 appearances
2022-23 Championship 11 0 3 1 0 45.5% 36.4% 18.2%
2021-22 SPFL Championship 11 0 4 0 0 36.4% 36.4% 27.3%
Cln = Clean Sheets | W/D/L - Games won, drawn or lost as percentage of games played in
Sep 17th, 2022 17/09/22 League Championship vs. Raith Rovers (A) 2 - 3
List of Goals Scored
Aug 13th, 2022 13/08/22 League Championship vs. Hamilton (H) 2 - 2
Aug 5th, 2022 05/08/22 League Championship vs. Queen's Park (A) 3 - 2
Jul 30th, 2022 30/07/22 League Championship vs. Arbroath (H) 0 - 0
Jul 19th, 2022 19/07/22 Scottish League Cup Group Stage vs. Annan Athletic (A) 1 - 1
Oct 2nd, 2021 02/10/21 League Championship vs. Partick Thistle (A) 0 - 4
Sep 25th, 2021 25/09/21 League Championship vs. Morton (H) 0 - 0
Sep 11th, 2021 11/09/21 League Championship vs. Dunfermline A. (H) 3 - 1
Edinburgh City 0 - 3 Ayr United
Scottish League Cup (Group E)
Charlie was born on this date in Bolton.
Thursday, July 8th, 2021
Debut - Ayr United 3 - 0 Edinburgh City


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Miroslav Volf: "My God is Trump's Devil"
Public theologian Miroslav Volf has responded to some of US President Donald Trump's recent comments by suggesting that his understanding of God would be considered evil by Trump.
Dr Volf is an esteemed theologian and has previously served as an advisor to the White House Office of Faith-Based Partnerships. His 1996 book, Exclusion and Embrace was named by Christianity Today as one of the twentieth century's most influential books. In 2014, he appeared on the ABC talk show Q&A.
In a wide-ranging post that appeared on both Facebook and Twitter, he argued that President Trump's moral compass is based on egoism. To such a figure, he said, the idea of others sacrificing themselves for others are "losers and suckers".
1/ My God is Trump's devil. Here is why. (Please, read the thread to the end before making your judgment.)
— Miroslav Volf (@MiroslavVolf) September 7, 2020
"People who embrace "what's-in-it-for-me" as their rule of life and who, like Trump, can't comprehend those who reject that principle, live in a different moral universe than I do," Dr Volf wrote.
"Their god (the orienting centre of their lives) is my devil. My god is their devil."
"What's-in-it-for-me is the egoists' principle. As Nietzsche noted, egoists think altruists are stupid for altruists often put even the advantage of egoists ahead of their own advantage. The prime example of such a "stupid sucker" was Jesus. He came to bear the sin of the world."
"The Gospel of John states unambiguously that Jesus' crucifixion was his glory. Of course, he shared glory with God before the world began and entered into glory after resurrection. God's glory in eternity and in time is the matchless glory of unconditional, self-giving and love."
"The only glory Trump recognizes that of victors who sacrifice nothing because they care for nothing except their own glory. That, and the hollow shimmer of gilded ceilings and the petty roar of a riled-up crowd. It is antithetical to the glory of the one true God."
The comments came in response to comments the President allegedly made about fallen soldiers being "losers" and "suckers". President Trump previously called Republican rival John McCain a "loser" and suggested that he likes soldiers "who weren't captured." Trump was not invited to Mr McCain's funeral in 2018.
In a statement, White House spokesperson Alyssa Farah denied that the President ever made the alleged comments about "losers" and "suckers", saying that he, "holds the military in the highest regard."
"He's demonstrated his commitment to them at every turn: delivering on his promise to give our troops a much-needed pay raise, increasing military spending, signing critical veterans reforms, and supporting military spouses," Ms Farah said.
The US Presidential Election takes place on 4 November (Australia time).
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Shot #1 – Steelers chairman Dan Rooney passed away this past week and in case you've never seen it before, here is his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech as part of the class of 2000.
Shot #2 – If you have time to read just one long-form story on this Easter Sunday, make sure it's this one from Dotun Akintoye of ESPN on UCLA edge-rusher Takkarist McKinley, who has had a pre-draft visit with the Steelers.
Shot #3 – If you have time for another one, make sure it's this one from Daniel Paulling of The Clarion-Ledger on Jackson State linebacker Javancy Jones. The Steelers have shown interest in Jones during the pre-draft process so don't be surprised if they select him somewhere during day-three.
Shot #4 – I am a big fan of Auburn edge-rusher Carl Lawson and especially as a second-round prospect. While Lawson certainly has his share of warts, he's also a gifted pass rusher with some upside to him. If you have 45 minutes, make sure you watch this breakdown of Lawson by Matt Waldman and John Owning in a recent edition of RSP Film Room.
Shot #5 – Three Steelers players, Antonio Brown, Ben Roethlisberger and Le'Veon Bell, finished in the top-25 best-selling jerseys last year, according to NFLShop.com.
Shot #6 – 17 years ago today the New England Patriots drafted quarterback Tom Brady and that just happened to be on the 48th birthday of head coach Bill Belichick. That's a gift that keeps on giving. The Steelers had three selections in that sixth round and two of them were made before Brady was selected. They were quarterback Tee Martin and defensive lineman Chris Combs.
Shot #7 – The 2017 NFL preseason schedule was released this past week and it sounds like the regular season schedule will be released this coming Thursday. You can count on a few days and Steelers opponents will be leaked earlier that day.


I didn't know David intimately, but over the years he probably attended 10-plus presentations of mine at various conferences. He was eccentric, he was irreverent, and he was passionate. I would cringe, frankly, when he attended some of my sessions as his little body had a booming voice, and he was completely comfortable interrupting my sessions with a question or statement that may or not have been on topic. I enjoyed talking with him, but I also at time avoided the conversations because I knew the time required would last longer than my "busy" schedule would allow. After virtually every time he saw me present I would promise to send a follow-up email, some type of correspondence, more often than not I did not follow through on my commitment.
So now, at 30,000 feet, his death resonates with me, and with it the realization that I will no longer be able to have the conversations he wanted to have, to send the emails he wanted to read. David Green was a passionate visionary in the field of aging, intimately involved in the Pioneer Network, Wellspring, a co-founder of the reputable organization SAGE (Society for the Advancement of Gerontological Environments). He was far ahead of the curve in terms of trying to bring senior living to China. Most of our conversations revolved around the cultural implications of establishing person-based technology programming in that part of the world.
I'm mesmerized reading his obituary, seeing the remarkable accomplishments he made to the field in his 47-year career. I can't help but think of all of the things I could have learned from him if I had simply slowed down, taken the time to learn and listen.
So I would like to toast David for a life well-lived, and to thank him for the lives that he changed. I offer up a sincere, sincere apology. The world we carve for ourselves, and I have thoroughly embraced to my detriment, is a world of snippet conversations. Short texts, tweets, 3 minute conversations at a vendor booth, etc.: That is the norm. It's brevity over substance, and not talking the time to fully engage the depth that a colleague can provide.
David deserved better. I will take his wisdom to heart. It's never too late to change our own folly.


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The Resident Evil 3 remake includes a short post-credits scene that seems to be teasing something, but who is in this ending, and what does it mean?
Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for Resident Evil 3.
The Resident Evil 3 remake makes a number of changes and additions to the original game, including a brand new post-credits scene. The Resident Evil 3 post-credits cutscene appears to tease the next step for the series' story, but fans are divided about who shows up in the ending and what game it could be teasing.
The Resident Evil 3 remake followed in the third-person footsteps of 2019's Resident Evil 2 remake, reimagining the fixed-camera PlayStation title for modern consoles. Most Resident Evil 2 reviews saw the first of these remakes as a positive take on the original game, but Resident Evil 3 has proven more divisive. While critics' Resident Evil 3 reviews generally favored the remake, fans were less satisfied.
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Resident Evil 3′s Metacritic user score sits at 6.3 at the time of writing. The Resident Evil fanbase seems to feel the many changes made in RE3′s remake missed what made the original game so beloved. But Capcom doesn't seem interested in creating direct, one-to-one translations of its classic games onto modern hardware. Instead, these remakes seem to follow an alternate continuity – one that could soon see more games, judging by the Resident Evil 3 post-credits scene.
What Resident Evil 3's Post-Credits Scene Could Mean For The Series
At the end of the Resident Evil 3 remake, Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service member Nikolai Zinoviev reveals he was hired by an unnamed "client" – possibly scientist Albert Wesker, or the same mysterious corporation who employed RE2′s Ada Wong – to gather combat data on Umbrella's bioweapons and destroy the Raccoon City Umbrella facility. His employer apparently also didn't want the vaccine for the zombie virus being circulated, since Nikolai shoots the vial Jill Valentine had created earlier. He is then left behind in Raccoon City, presumably killed in the bombing, and Jill vows to take down Umbrella. In the post-credits scene, a figure picks up the broken vial from a desk in a room with a punching bag, then walks off camera.
The figure appears to be a woman, but fans disagree about her possible identity. Her green shirt suggests she could be Resident Evil Zero's Rebecca Chambers, who wears green in that game (while Jill is associated with blue, and RE2′s Claire Redfield is associated with red), but it's also possible it's simply Jill wearing a different shirt to show time has passed. Regardless of who the figure is, fans on Reddit speculate the scene is meant to show that the person is, at some point later in the RE timeline, picking up the investigation into who Nikolai's employer is. Alternatively, if the figure is Jill, the vial could simply be a memento kept to remind herself of her mission to take down Umbrella. Since the figure's identity is unknown, it's impossible to say what the scene means for the series' future, but there are a few possibilities.
According to recent Resident Evil 8 rumors, the next RE game was originally meant to be Resident Evil: Revelations 3, but it was turned into a full-on Resident Evil 8 after being well-received by testers. Further rumors suggest Resident Evil 8 will star Chris Redfield and Resident Evil 7 protagonist Ethan Winters, but that doesn't mean Jill or Rebecca couldn't show up at some point, too, just as Chris did in RE7. Another remake before or after RE8 is still possible, however, as Capcom recently asked Resident Evil fans if they would play another, even if it required buying a next-gen console. If the figure is Rebecca, the post-credits scene could be teasing her further involvement in the ongoing story, tied in with a possible Resident Evil Zero remake. The final possibility is that Capcom could be teasing a direct continuation of Resident Evil 3′s story in a brand new game. Because of the other rumors, this probably wouldn't happen for quite some time, but perhaps Capcom could release Resident Evil 3 DLC instead.
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A new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on fatality trends in United Nations peace operations reveals that the rate of peacekeepers dying while in the service of the UN has steadily fallen over the past 25 years. The report, released to coincide with the summit on UN peacekeeping in New York, hosted later today by US President Barack Obama, provides a timely counterpoint to the popular perception that UN peace operations have become increasingly dangerous.
'President Obama will likely stress the increasingly dangerous and hostile environments in which contemporary UN missions operate, and will probably make reference to the high number of fatalities among blue helmets in recent years', states SIPRI Researcher Timo Smit, who co-authored the report. 'Yet we tend to forget that the situation in previous years was actually far worse, particularly in the mid-1990s, with many more fatalities among peacekeepers in places such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, and Somalia. While the number of fatalities due to malicious acts has indeed increased quite sharply since 2013, this has mainly been the result of the high number of fatalities in only one mission: namely MINUSMA in Mali'.
The SIPRI report shows that there is no clear relation between the 'robustness' of mandates and the relative number of hostile deaths (i.e. the number of fatalities per 1000 uniformed personnel due to malicious acts). Only four UN peacekeeping operations in the top 10 of operations with the highest relative number of hostile deaths were authorized under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, while only three of those operations had the explicit authority to use force beyond self-defence.
Why are the facts about fatality rates being ignored?
There are several possible explanations for why this long-term relative decline in fatalities has, for the most part, gone unnoticed. One of the most notable reasons, according to the report, is the widespread and growing use of social media, meaning that casualties and incidents have become more visible. Whereas in earlier times news about fatalities might have gone unnoticed, today such news can reach a global audience in an instant.
According to SIPRI Senior Researcher Dr Jaïr van der Lijn, 'High fatality figures are used by many western countries to justify their minimal contributions of uniformed personnel to UN peace operations. Recognizing that many of the common assumptions regarding peacekeeping fatality rates are incorrect, will hopefully encourage countries to be more forthcoming at Obama's peacekeeping summit'.
Since the UN established its first peacekeeping operation—almost 70 years ago—more than 3300 people have died serving the UN in the pursuit of peace.
Relative fatality rates among uniformed personnel in UN peace operations (i.e. the number of fatalities per 1000 personnel) have steadily decreased in the period 1990–2015. The relative fatality rates were between 0.5 and 3 times higher in 1990–2005 than in 2006–15.
The number of fatalities due to malicious acts has increased quite sharply since 2013, both in absolute (i.e. total overall figures) and in relevant terms, but this is primarily due to the high number of hostile deaths among personnel engaged in the MINUSMA operation. Nonetheless, these recent levels are not unprecedented and are still significantly lower than those recorded in the 1990s.
MINUSMA has dominated the fatality count in UN peacekeeping operations since it was established in mid-2013 and is in fact one of the most deadly UN peacekeeping operations to date.
There is no correlation between contemporary UN peacekeeping operations with robust mandates and high fatality rates.
Most fatalities among UN peacekeepers still result from non-hostile causes (usually between 70 and 90 per cent per year). More can—and should—be done to minimize deaths resulting from causes such as illness and accidents.
The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) provided the data for this policy brief to SIPRI. The data is available from the SIPRI Multilateral Peace Operations Database, which also includes data on non-UN peace operations. This database currently provides information per year on all peace operations conducted since 2000, including: location, dates of deployment, conducting organization, mandate, participating countries, number of personnel, budgets and fatalities.


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Short Bowel Syndrome Overview
Short bowel syndrome (SBS) occurs when the small intestine ceases to function properly due to trauma, disease activity, or when too much of it has been removed. SBS results in inadequate nutrient and fluid absorption as well as chronic and/or frequent diarrhea. It can lead to dehydration, malnutrition, fatigue, weight loss, and a variety of other health problems. Management might include extreme dietary modifications, medications, and further surgeries.
Intestinal Anatomy
The upper part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract consists of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum. The lower GI tract consists of the small intestine (about 6 metres in length) and the large intestine or colon (2 metres).
The upper 40% of the small intestine is the jejunum, which comes from the Latin word for empty. The lower 60% is the ileum, which, in Greek, means to roll or twist. These portions of the small intestine differ significantly in nature and function. The jejunum has a thicker wall and wider inside area (lumen) than the ileum. In addition, intestinal muscle contraction (peristalsis) is more forceful and rapid in the jejunum than in the ileum. Therefore, passage of material is usually faster through the upper section of the small intestine and slower as it goes farther along.
The principal function of the small intestine is to digest and absorb dietary nutrients, including proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals. The digestive tract works with support from colonic bacteria and other organs (the liver and pancreas), to break down complex foods and to extract the nutrients. Water and salt are absorbed into the body via the large intestine.
Causes of Short Bowel Syndrome
The need for surgical resection can occur for a number of reasons, including blocked or restricted blood flow to the bowel, a strangulated intestinal hernia, Crohn's disease, gastrointestinal cancer, radiation therapy, a perforated bowel, a twisting or tangling of the small intestine (volvulus), congenital defects, and some other rare diseases. In infants and small children, the most common causes are congenital intestinal anomalies or a disease that causes bowel tissue death in premature babies (necrotizing enterocolitis).
The small intestine is quite adaptive; in fact, even with removal of up to 40% of it, appropriate digestion is still possible. However, removing more than this, or even removal of certain parts of the small intestine can have adverse consequences. For example, patients who retain the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum are generally able to avoid severe complications because of the adaptive nature of the small intestine. Conversely, removing just 25% of the distal end of the small intestine that intersects with the large intestine (terminal ileum) can cause ongoing diarrhea and significant nutrient malabsorption.
Symptoms of Short Bowel Syndrome
The symptoms and severity of SBS vary according to the part of the intestine that is affected. For example, the duodenum absorbs iron, calcium, and magnesium. The jejunum absorbs fatty acids, amino acids monosaccharides, and water-soluble vitamins. The ileum absorbs fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K), vitamin B12, and bile acids. Therefore, loss of function in any one of these parts has its own implications as to what the body will end up having difficulty absorbing from the food an individual consumes.
Symptoms of SBS typically include chronic diarrhea, fatigue, bloating, cramping, weight loss, dehydration, and malnutrition. Many of the most devastating complications occur specifically because of this malnutrition.
Gastric acid hypersecretion can occur in individuals with SBS, especially in the immediate aftermath of a surgical removal of part of the intestine (resection). High levels of stomach acid can enter the altered intestine and interfere with absorption of nutrients.
Vitamin and mineral deficiencies can cause many additional aggravating symptoms, including visual disturbances, dryness of the eyes, prickling or tingling feelings on the skin, muscle spasms, easy bruising, blood clotting problems, and difficulty breathing on exertion.
Electrolyte imbalances can result when the small intestine is unable to absorb minerals such as potassium, sodium, and magnesium adequately, resulting in weakness, nausea, headaches, and irregular heartbeats.
Acidosis is an abnormally high level of lactic acid in the bloodstream resulting from the shortened bowel's reduced ability to digest carbohydrates. Undigested carbohydrates create lactic acid, which can build up due to a reduced ability to use and effectively dispose of it. Acidosis can result in confusion, blurry vision, and slurred speech.
Steatorrhea is dietary fat remaining in the feces after passing through the small intestine unabsorbed. In a normal small intestine, bile salts, which are essential for fat absorption, enter the gastrointestinal tract from the gallbladder. These bind to fat, which together and are absorbed at the terminal ileum. When this part is missing or damaged, then an excess amount of fat passes in the stool. Steatorrhea causes stool that floats, is grey in colour, and is exceptionally foul smelling.
Kidney stones can also result when unabsorbed fat in the colon binds with calcium, preventing the normal combination of calcium and oxalate, a compound found in plant foods. When the colon absorbs oxalate that is unbound to calcium, the body passes it in higher than normal amounts in the urine, resulting in oxalate kidney stones.
Diagnosing Short Bowel Syndrome
While having 50% or more of the small intestine removed is a strong indicator of SBS, physicians use these tools to make a diagnosis: blood tests, physical examination, and stool examination. Blood tests can reveal vitamin, mineral, and electrolyte deficiencies. Physical examination can help a physician observe loss of muscle mass, inability to maintain weight, and dermatological conditions related to vitamin deficiency, such as rashes or scaly skin. Stool examination is useful for identifying whether an individual is absorbing a healthy amount of fat and carbohydrates.
Management of Short Bowel Syndrome
There are a variety of options for the management and treatment of short bowel syndrome, covering the spectrum of nutrition, medication, and surgery.
Dietary Modifications
In the aftermath of intestinal resection, patients initially require the delivery of fluids, electrolytes, and liquid nutrients into the bloodstream through a tube placed in the vein (intravenous, or IV), called total parenteral nutrition (TPN) or parenteral nutrition (PN). This phase may last from 3-4 months. However, the major focus within 2-4 days after a surgical resection is on long-term intestinal adaptation. Depending on the extent of the resection, some individuals are able to resume a modified oral diet within a few weeks of surgery. Adaptation for others might take up to a year. Remarkably, during adaptation, the remaining intestinal villi will grow in length and thickness to compensate for the loss of intestine, thus increasing the remaining surface area for nutrient absorption.
Enteral and oral nutrition are two mechanisms that assist in intestinal adaptation. Enteral nutrition involves the delivery of a special liquid food mixture to the stomach or small intestine through a feeding tube. This mechanism stimulates adaptation of the intestinal villi. Patients must have a partially functioning GI tract for this to be effective.
Once out of the adaptation phase and able to eat orally, diet and eating habits might be able to help prevent malnutrition and dehydration. Dietitians will customize diet plans, which vary according to which parts of the remaining intestine are functioning.
General dietary guidelines include:
eat small, more frequent meals (5-7 per day)
drink liquid between meals instead of with them
consume high protein foods
eat complex carbohydrates, such as pasta, rice, potatoes, breads, and cereals
eat a low fat diet, especially for those experiencing steatorrhea or who are missing their terminal ileum
limit alcohol and caffeinated beverages
consider limiting foods that are high in oxalate (for those without an ileum, but with retained colonic function),
eat foods that help control diarrhea, including bananas, oatmeal, rice, tapioca, applesauce, and yogurt.
While oral nutrition is preferred, some individuals might be unable to acquire adequate nutrition through diet alone. In serious cases, even enteral nutrition might not work well and it could be necessary to use TPN long-term. However, this is complex therapy with risk of serious complications including central line infections, bone disease, and liver disease.
In addition to nutrition, a physician might prescribe medications, whether prescription or over-the-counter, to relieve some symptoms and to address the underlying condition.
Anti-diarrheal medications slow down the time it takes food to pass through the small intestine by decreasing the rate of contraction and relaxation (peristalsis) of the intestinal muscles. Drugs in this category include diphenoxylate (Lomotil®) and loperamide (Imodium®). Codeine might also be helpful.
Gastric acid reducers come in two main types: histamine-2 receptor blockers (H2RAs) and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), which can inhibit or reduce the release of stomach acid. Examples of H2RAs include cimetidine (Tagamet®), ranitidine (Zantac®), famotidine (Pepcid®), and nizatidine (Axid®). PPIs include omeprazole (Losec®), lansoprazole (Prevacid®), pantoprazole sodium (Pantoloc®), esomeprazole (Nexium®), rabeprazole (Pariet®), and pantoprazole magnesium (Tecta®), as well as dual delayed release PPI capsules in the form of dexlansoprazole (Dexilant®). Excessive acid passing from the stomach into the intestines can hinder intestinal adaptation and can cause pain and discomfort, especially right after surgery.
Bile acid sequestrant, cholestyramine (Olestyr®), reduces the incidence of bile-salt diarrhea by increasing the removal of bile acids from the body. As the body loses bile acids, it replaces them by converting cholesterol from the blood to bile acids, which also causes blood cholesterol levels to decrease.
Glutamine is the most abundant amino acid in the body and is involved in more metabolic processes than any other amino acid. It helps promote gut integrity by acting as an energy source and preventing the passage of intestinal bacteria through the gut mucosa into other bodily tissues and organs (bacterial translocation). Bacterial translocation can lead to buildup of harmful bacteria and their toxins (sepsis), typically through infection of a wound and can be fatal. Glutamine acts as a major fuel source for the white blood cells of the immune system. It improves nitrogen balance, thereby helping those with SBS avoid the occurrence of nutritional stress in which the body uses more protein than it takes in. Glutamine might also reduce diarrhea because it aids in the reabsorption of sodium and water.
You can purchase oral glutamine in some health food stores, pharmacies, and online. Products include NutreStore® and GlutaSolve®. Discuss with your physician before using it for short bowel syndrome.
Teduglutide (Revestive®) was the first medication approved by Health Canada to treat adults with SBS who need extra nutrition or fluids from parenteral feeding. Teduglutide is a glucagon-like peptide (GLP-2), which helps the intestines absorb nutrients and fluid. It works by regenerating cells in the intestinal lining, improving intestinal absorption of fluids and nutrients, promoting growth in the surface area of the small intestine lining, and possibly restoring gastric emptying and secretion. Patients can inject it just under the skin (subcutaneously) once a day in the stomach area, upper legs, or upper arms.
Regrettably, surgery might still be necessary when other therapeutic options are not working. These focus on increasing the intestines' absorptive properties and are either non-transplant or transplant surgeries.
Non-transplant surgeries involve manipulating the intestine to lengthen it. In the Bianchi procedure, a surgeon cuts a portion of the bowel lengthwise into two pieces and joins them together end to end. This results in a narrower, but longer segment of the bowel. Surgeons typically reserve the serial transverse enteroplasty (STEP) procedure for children who have enough small intestines remaining to lengthen and restore function. In the STEP procedure, a surgeon makes a series of cuts in the small intestine and staples it back together in a 'zig-zag' pattern, resulting in a narrower, longer bowel. Because of the intestine's new shape, food takes more time to move through the bowel, thus increasing its time in contact with the bowel lining and the chances of nutrient absorption.
In the case of small bowel transplantation, a surgeon removes the diseased small bowel and replaces it with a donor intestine. However, this procedure comes with potential complications, including organ rejection, infections, and the excess production of white blood cell lymphocytes that results in lymphoproliferative disease. To lessen the incidence of rejection, individuals are required to use immunosuppressive drugs. Nonetheless, surgical techniques and immunosuppressive drugs continue to improve, increasing the chances of successful transplants.
Short Bowel Syndrome Outlook
For individuals with short bowel syndrome, especially those who have had a large part of their intestines surgically removed, the goal is to enhance intestinal adaptation, enhance nutrition, and eliminate the need for total parenteral nutrition. The future of treatments for SBS revolves around improving ways to maximize bowel adaptation and refining techniques for intestinal transplantation. For now, though, a variety of options exists for helping individuals manage symptoms.
A strong team for effective management will generally include gastroenterologists, surgeons, dietitians, nursing specialists, and pharmacists. Maintaining a strong relationship with these individuals is essential in order for those with SBS to find a treatment plan that is right for them. While there is no single diet or cure for short bowel syndrome, education and open communication with trusted medical professionals might help individuals avoid the harmful health consequences of malnutrition, dehydration, and chronic diarrhea associated with short bowel syndrome.
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An analytics executive at a major East Coast hospital told me something a couple years ago that left me dumbstruck at the time, and it's stayed with me ever since.
He told me that predictive analytics was capable of forecasting who might die on any given day in the hospital. In other words, by running analytics against information collected from real-time patient data, caregivers were getting advance notice of patients most likely in need of intensive oversight and care.
This is a well-regarded hospital system known for its sophisticated use of big data and the analytics necessary to turn that data into actionable insights. The truth is though, most health care organizations aren't able to use the massive amounts of data they're collecting to improve patient care.
Yet the data keeps coming. The volume of data collected by healthcare organizations is increasing faster than for any other industry, and it all has to be stored in ways that it can be accessed, integrated, analyzed and of course, secured.
When we talk big data in healthcare, we're often talking about Protected Health Information, PHI, and Personally Identifiable Information, or PII. But the kind of data I referring to is part of another trend in healthcare today – evidence-based medicine.
Now, evidence-based medicine requires, of course, actual evidence. It's a reflection of what actually works in patient care; an active record – intelligent trial and error if you like – of what the best treatment methodologies are for that particular illness. These treatment methodologies have basis in scientific fact, and the changes we are currently witnessing are the result of the application of those facts.
Benefiting from that evidence, however, means that the data is accessible and can be integrated across the ever-present disparate silos of information. This includes integration of competing data models, formats and standards commonly found in the world of healthcare. The advent of open APIs will go a long way toward helping solve healthcare's current interoperability problem but ignoring those issues for even a moment can jeopardize the true promise of both big data and evidenced-based medicine: enabling a fact-based, data-driven approach to medical care, improving the quality of care and overall patient health.
As Yogi Berra reportedly once said, "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." But that witticism falls completely flat when analytics are applied to big data.
Modern data-centric healthcare organizations are increasing their use of sophisticated algorithms to predict what is most likely to happen next. By pairing large data sets with analytic tools, they've been able to gain the type of insights promised from data lakes, large databases and streaming, sensor-based information generated via the Internet of Things. In the simplest terms, the best predictor of the near future is the recent past. This application of analytics at the hospital I mentioned above illustrates the real benefits of aggregated data.
The most significant hurdle to fully realizing the usefulness of this aggregated data lies in the ability to incorporate data from the recent past. Without universal global data standards or protocols, healthcare providers are left with the painstaking task of consolidating and analyzing data from multiple sources as well as multiple incongruent structures.
With the help of modern API tools, data analytic solutions can and will deliver the benefits of big data.
But there's still the more prosaic problem of where and how to store all that data.
Many organizations are finding that traditional on-premises storage devices can no longer keep up with their growing needs. The rate of data accumulation continues to rise, while varying data formats and long-term storage needs further complicate matters. In the US, most states require the retention of data for at least seven years, and HIPAA compliance requires that data be stored for similar lengths of time. That means a lot of data and a lot of storage for a very long time.
What kind of secure, cost-effective and accessible storage options can we utilize? At this point, most experts agree that cloud is the only real viable option. The cloud offers economical storage with the elasticity necessary to quickly expand as needed, without the traditional forklift upgrades required for on-site equipment. Disaster recovery is simplified as well.
For organizations looking for a trusted partner, Rackspace offers the convenience of short spin-up cycle times and enables compliance with established industry security protocols, including HIPAA, HITRUST and SOC-2. Our experience helping organizations across all industries, including those with stringent regulatory requirements, create or transform their big data strategies makes us an ideal vendor for hybrid and cloud-based data and storage solutions.


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Resistance of Vision: For better and worse, Zack Snyder delivers exactly the Watchmen we've already seen.
By Scott Renshaw @scottrenshaw
From the visionary director of 300, trumpets the promotional tag-line for Watchmen, to which I could only respond, "Really?" Zack Snyder translated Frank Miller's gritty graphic novel to great box-office success a few years ago, but could you call his achievement visionary? The word, it seems, presumes a creative perspective that allows someone to see in the source material what no one else could possibly see. What Snyder had done with 300 seemed more like a case of seeing what everyone else had already seen in the source material, and then getting the hell out of the way.
This is the challenge faced by any filmmaker adapting a beloved piece of pop literature. Fans already know what they think this world looks like and in the case of an illustrated work like Watchmen, that's even more true. Chris Columbus plodded through two scrupulously faithful Harry Potter films, aware that any deviation would be met with bleats of protest; ditto Catherine Hardwicke and last year's much-anticipated Twilight. You probably don't want a visionary director when it comes to pleasing devotees of a work that they already consider visionary. What you want, really, is a competent hack.
And, after 20 years of stops and starts in bringing this project to the screen, competent hackwork is mostly what Snyder delivers in tackling the landmark work by writer Alan Moore (uncredited in the film due to an ongoing dispute with the publisher) and artist Dave Gibbons. Set primarily in an alternate-future 1985 where Richard Nixon is serving practically as president-for-life, and the Cold War still rages—it posits an America with a rich history of costumed superheroes. But their exploits have been outlawed, leaving the few remaining masks to re-channel their energies. Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson) has settled into a flabby, dissatisfied middle age; the world's smartest man, Ozymandias (Matthew Goode), works with the nigh-omnipotent Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup) on an alternative energy source. And the borderline-nuts Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) continues to prowl the night, investigating the death of The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) as part of a conspiracy to kill off superheroes.
Snyder kicks things off with tremendous promise, shifting from the killing of The Comedian to a credits sequence that lays out 40 years of history—including the legacy of a groundbreaking team of 1940s superheroes—in a series of arresting tableaux. Its a tremendously efficient piece of visual storytellingthe kind of thing thats almost demanded when youre adapting a work that originally appeared as a 12-issue comic-book series.
The key word being almost. For the most part, Snyder—and screenwriters David Hayter (X-Men) and Alex Tse—cling to their source material, making sure that every sub-plot and bit of back story fits somewhere in their 167-minute running time. There's the extended story of how physicist Jon Osterman became the matter-manipulating living weapon Dr. Manhattan, and the investigation that permanently twisted Rorschachs sense of justice. Some of the most striking images are cribbed completely from Gibbons' art, like a shot of the Martian landscape featuring a crater formation in the shape of Watchmen's iconic smiley face. When it comes to potentially alienating the fan-boys and fan-girls, Snyder risks nothing.
In a way, though, that's actually a fairly risky choice. As constructed, Watchmen isnt exactly heavy on ass-kicking superhero action, though there are a few elaborate fight sequences here. Moore was interested in using the notion of costumed vigilantes to explore nothing less than the fundamental nature of humanity, and what it means to save the world. This is a surprisingly talky, philosophically inclined narrative, and Snyder maintains a clean through-line to understanding Watchmen's big ideas.
Talky, philosophically inclined narratives do, however, require a certain level of skill in the cast, and here Watchmen proves pretty shaky. Haley makes for a terrific uncompromising Rorschach, and Crudup effectively conveys Dr. Manhattan's ethereal distance from humanity. But Malin Akerman merely looks fetching in Silk Spectre's skintight latex, while Goode plays Ozymandias with an excessive smugness that's too one-note. A truly visionary director might have thought about casting actors with more dramatic heft, but maybe that's not the first thing on your mind when you've got an assignment like Watchmen. Those who arent hard-core fans get to see the adaptation that the hard-core fans demanded—one where there's no room for a director to make anything visionary, because he's too worried about making a mistake.
Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earle Haley.
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